Book Quote by Alan Furst

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

— Doris Lessing

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

— Jerry Spinelli

Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.

— Ted Bell

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

— Rose Tremain

Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.

— Bernard Cornwell

I take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years.

— Svetlana Alexievich

It takes me two to three years to write a novel. A screenplay is 100 pages and takes five years.

— Nick Hornby

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.

— Walter Jon Williams

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day…

— Tracy Kidder

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

— David Baldacci

It takes a long time to publish a book.

— Kenneth Koch

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to…

— Avi